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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Hugo suggest placing a typed poem in order to feel pressure to work on it some more?
2. Hugo guesses that ____ of his ex-students are now publishing.
3. What is the name of the only celebrity that comes to visit Hugo's squadron during the war?
4. Whose coarse teasing and ridicule does Hugo say the poet must endure to be his beautiful self?
5. Which short story of Hemingway's has the protagonist, Krebs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Hugo see as the inherent flaw in the hiring of some writing teachers?
2. How is it that Hugo and his wife are able to go to Italy?
3. How does Auden express his disdain for competitiveness among writers?
4. Why is acclaim considered by Hugo to be dangerous to the poet?
5. Why does Hugo say to take emotional possession of a few words?
6. Describe Pound's relationship to Yeats.
7. What is the conclusion Hugo makes regarding the Ph.D. system in literature?
8. Why does Hugo say that Cerignola has a bad reputation in Italy?
9. What is Hugo's definition of conservatism and how does it affect a poet's writing?
10. Why does Hugo believe that Roethke seeks out wealthy companionship during his last years?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare Hugo's impression of Italy during World War II and Italy when he and his wife visit after the war. What has changed? How does he put closure on his war experience?
Essay Topic 2
How does Hugo feel about the relationship to reading and writing? How does this relationship affect the literary and creative writing departments at universities? Is this relationship considered a valid one by Hugo?
Essay Topic 3
What are Hugo's thoughts on having a stance in writing a poem? What examples does he give regarding stance and how does the presence or absence of a stance determine the poem's effectiveness?
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